Just don't - it was horrendous
Just don't
3 reasons to run away screaming:
- The chauffeur/ticketseller was not being upfront regarding the schedule and waiting time - we wasted one whole hour.
- The customer service does not reply at all, I am still waiting for a response on email after almost 2 months and 2 follow-up e-mails.
- Sitting inside a bus does not give any vibe of anything new and exciting, you might as well watch a movie on a screen from the place you're at - instead I suggest you just step out and use all your senses, look people in the eyes, communicate and experience it first hand (the only exception to this is if you have a disability and cannot get around by foot, in my opinion).
I have always wanted to try one of these buses, I imagined they must be a pleasant and easy way to have a curated tour in a city. Not anymore.
One thing I know for sure is, I will never ever do this again, it was horrendous.
We had 5 hours in Oslo - 4 hours excluding unboarding and boarding, so very limited time.
We came across this bus after deboarding and was told by the driver that the roundtrip was 1,5 hours and that they would depart after 15 minutes. We were also shown the specific route on a map we got and the next stop after our ferry where we got on, was en route to downtown.
So we paid a whole lot of money for the tickets and got on and waited.
Finally we departed - but - horror! We went backwards and not forward on the route! It turned out we went back into a huge shipping area at another harbour where we waited and picked up even more cruiseship passengeres from different cruiselines. After this extra off-loop trip, we turned around and - horror! - Came back to where we first got on the bus - now one hour had passed since departure though and so we had waisted ONE HOUR sitting inside a dreadful carrier, doing nothing and experiencing nothing except the backside of an industrial harbour area.
It was a scandal.
As soon as we hit city center we got off and my holiday mood was being tested big time. I complained to the driver who had sold us the tickets but all of a sudden he seemed to not really understand my English - just awful behavior and service.
And now almost 2 months after complaining to the company, I am still waiting for a reply by email and an answer from them.
JUST DON'T - it's a big time tourist-trap.
25 de abril de 2024
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